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COMMENTARY
BP shares tumble to 25-year low as investors doubt clean strategy 4

POLICY
Nigeria aims for 30% green target by 2030 6
South Africa sets date for emergency power IPP bids 6

GAS -FIRED GENERATION

NNPC compares gas flaring volumes to domestic distribution 8
South Africa pledges support for Mozambican LNG projects 8

NUCLEAR

Eskom begins installing new generators at Koeberg 9
CLIMATE CHANGE

AfDB to fund climate management in Niger 9

JOBS

Green energy provides 11.5mn jobs in 2029 10

RENEWABLES
Africa has 59,000 GW of onshore wind potential 11
Hybrid hydro/PV offers untapped potential 12
Vestas to supply 252 MW of turbines to Egypt’s Suez 1 wind project 13

NEWS IN BRIEF 13

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